Chapter 04: DEBATE
My second period this afternoon is now over and I'm now headed to my Psychology class. I'm now with my sister, Cexia, Luna and Ivan who's talking nonsense.
“If I punch myself and got hurt, does it mean that I'm strong or weak?” Luna asked them.
“You're strong!” my sister said proudly.
“You're weak” Ivan said while smirking.
Cexia snort before looking at Luna, “You're stupid” she said before running, saving her life.
“Anong sabi mo!?”
“Are you deaf or what? Duh!”
“Bumalik ka dito, punyeta ka!!” they are now chasing each other as the two who left behind started to laugh. I mentally facepalm and enter my perspective room for this hour.
I sat at the back near to the window to relax my mind. I look around and find my classmates busy with their works, as for my sister and friends, they're going crazy over something god knows what.
I turned to face the other side, once again on my position earlier. Arms folded while my face buried on my arms.
Time passed, the bell rang indicating that the next subject was about to start. I looked at the front and ready myself to listen on what's my professor was about to say.
“Good afternoon, class. Mr. Kylander as your Psychology teacher!” he said cheerfully while smiling. We great him back as he start the lesson.
“Who knows about Psychology? Anyone?” he asked smiling at us.
I raise my hand and stand up. “I know Psychology, Sir. It is the study of the mind and behavior to understand such thing as what we think and feel, how we learn and change and why we act the way we do” I said as his smile grow bigger.
“Very good! Mr. Silvan”
I love reading psychologist facts kaya naman kahit future lawyer ako ay may alam parin ako tungkol sa Psychology. Bukod sa hobby ko ang pagbabasa ay may relative din akong psychologist na kasalukuyang namamalagi sa Japan kasama ng kaniyang buong pamilya.
"What do you call a scientist who study psychology?" He asked.
“Psychologist, Sir” Half of students here in this classroom answered.
“What do you know about psychologist?”
“Psychologist focus on individual person, either alone or in relation to other people and to the environment” someone spoke that caught my attention. I looked at the front and saw Lilith with her proud smile. I guess, sya ang sumagot. Can't believe na kaklase ko pala sya in this subject.
“Very good! what's your name again?” our professor asked the new student.
“Lilith Hernandez po, Prof Kylander” she said politely. Mr. Kylander nodded and smile before looking at us again.
“What are the four goals of psychologist?”
“Description, explanation, prediction and modification change of behavior, Sir” I and Lilith answered simultaneously that made him smirked.
He close the book and stand up. Kumuha siya ng isang white board marker at lumapit sa board upang magsulat.
‘The psychologist debate; What is more powerful? Heart or mind?’ 'yan ang isinulat niya sa board bago bumalik sa pagkakaupo.
“Debate!? Ohh that's why he's smirking, huh?” Cexia said and looked at me then Lilith before smirking. Weirdo.
“So.. why don't we have a debate!? It's seems interesting, right?” he asked with a hint of sarcasm.
“WOOHOO! LILITH VS. RASHID NA 'YAN!” Cexia said out loud that made the whole room go crazy and start cheering along with our professor as I sigh. I looked at the front to see Lilith who's already looking at me while smirking. Don't tell me that she's in for debate?
“Oh, ano na Rashid? Parang gusto ni Lilith ng debate. Hindi mo ba pag bibigyan?” prof Kylander asked me teasingly as I sigh. “Fine” all students cheered.
“Manok ko si baby Rashid!” the fuck? Ginawa na akong manok!?
“Si Lilith manok ko!” Oh.. Grandma chicken. Or chicken grandma? Lolang manok.
“Pwede ba kayong pumunta sa harapan? Rashid? Lilith?” our professor asked as I lazily stood up and go to the front.
Professor Kylander smile widely. “Now, let's start the debate! Let's see if you two excel on giving thoughts about a certain topic. What is more powerful, heart or mind?”
“It's Heart. The heart is the powerful living pump that performs an amazing task; it sustains life” Lilith said first as she smirked at me.
“It's brain, Lilith” I contradicted her.
Umangat ang sulok ng aking labi bago ipinatong ang aking siko sa armchair malapit sa akin at deritsong sinalubong ang nakangiti ngunit may kalaliman niyang mga mata.
“This is is the most complicated organ of our body which allows us to taste a food, talk to a friend, remember a detail; it controls everything we do”
“Let's relate heart to psychology, Rashid. Love may be difficult to define with words but it is easy to recognize the intimate connection even after so many years, between two people inlove. This explains that heart speaks louder than brain. That even millenniums had passed, your heart can still recognize people you love” She said. Hmm kalmado huh?
Lilith Hernandez POV
He smirked before fixing his collar which makes him more hotter in my eyes.
“Ang hot ni Rashid!”
“Nakikita mo ba ang nakikita ko?”
“Malamang, hindi naman ako bulag no!”
“Shuta sarap luhudan”
“Hoy! Anong sabi mo Anastasia!?”
I heard some of my classmates fangirl over Rashid. Sino ba namang hindi mababaliw sa ganong pormahan?
“You are relating love to psychology?” Tila nang-aasar ang tono ng boses niya. “What does it mean to love, Lilith?” Dagdag niya pa. “Loving in the most painful battle is idioticy. People have their minds to think what is right and what is wrong. Heart just wanted something who can make people happy and contented while brain keep shouting what should be done because that's the right thing to do”
“Go, baby!”
“Ang landi mong gaga ka!”
“May boyfriend ka na 'diba?”
“Pake mo? Coward ka kasi kaya hindi mo matawag na baby si Rashid”
“Malandi ka lang..”
“Hindi ako malandi! Slight lang..”
Biglang sumama ang timpla ng mukha ko dahil sa sinabi niya. Hindi naging katangahan ang pagmamahal para saakin. I've seen many people grow because they are in love. I saw how happy, persistent and understanding they are. I saw how they cherish and protect a person and I think, heart.. love.. is powerful.
“Do you think using heart in terms of every decision is stupidity, Rash?” Balik kong tanong sakanya. “Being happy with your decision will never be idioticy. Many people choose to consider other people's feeling without minding their own feelings. Choosing something that your heart desires will never be selfish. Being happy is not selfishness”
“That's my girl!”
“My girl, huh? Tangina mo! Doon ka na!”
“Hala!”
“Joke lang 'yon master..”
“Ako ang leader ng fanclub ni Lilith!”
“Go, Lilith!”
